US Forest Service workers held hostage at gunpoint in California forest for hours: Authorities

2 Forest Service employees zip-tied, held hostage for hours in California, officials say

The U.S. Forest Service employees were taken hostage while doing field work in Northern California and were safely released.

2 federal workers were held hostage at gunpoint for hours in a California forest. A father and son are the accused kidnappers

Two US Forest Service workers were doing field work in a northern California forest on Thursday morning when they were abducted at gunpoint, zip-tied and led to a remote trailer, authorities said.

2 U.S. Forest Service workers released after being kidnapped

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – Two U.S. Forest Service employees are now home safe after they were kidnapped and held hostage for over 12 hours in a trailer in Shasta-Trinity National Forest’s Gumboot Lake, authorities announced Friday. In a news conference, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue stated that on July 16, the employees were conducting fieldwork […]

2 U.S. Forest Service workers safe after being kidnapped, held at gunpoint for hours in Northern California

Two suspects, a father and his adult son who were allegedly armed with guns and knives, have been arrested, authorities said.

2 Forest Service employees rescued after kidnapping at gunpoint in California

Two U.S. Forest Service employees are alive and free after being held for hours at gunpoint in a trailer at a remote lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Forest Service workers taken hostage, held at gunpoint in remote NorCal trailer, feds say

Two U.S. Forest Service employees working in a remote area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest were kidnapped, zip-tied and held inside a trailer for more than 17 hours before being rescued Friday morning, authorities said.